KOAA - Colorado Springs & Pueblo

A Colorado wildlife officer has shot and killed an unleashed dog that was harassing an elk near Durango. The officer was called by a resident to the Animas River north of Durango on Thursday. The barking dog had caused the elk to enter deep water. The wildlife officer shot the... more »

Elizabeth Todd loves her chihuahua "Poppy", and considers him as part of the family.  So, you'll understand why Monday was so terrible for Elizabeth, when her dog was snatched away by a bird. Her 9 year-old son Tim was there. He remembers hearing something awful. "It was a terrible... more »

A Boulder County man who walked out on a halfway house sentence and poached a black bear is headed to prison. Craig Archer was sentenced Friday to six years from leaving his community corrections sentence. The 56-year-old Allenspark man was accused of poaching last fall when a neighbor reported a... more »

Villagers in a remote Alaska region are blaming the death of a 32 year-old schoolteacher on wolves after her body was found along on isolated road, though an autopsy completed Thursday was inconclusive. The autopsy concluded that Candice Berner was killed by animals, the Alaska State Troopers said. The... more »

 (AP) - A Lafayette judge ruled a dog accused of biting a veterinary technician will run free if he behaves for six months. Prosecutors and defense attorneys had proposed dropping vicious animal charges against Spork, a 10-year-old miniature Dachshund. The judge agreed Friday, but only if the dog behaves.... more »

Firefighters have saved a horse who got stuck in the mud for more than 5 hours at a ranch in Hanover Friday. Sky, a 2,100 pound Suffolk Punch draft horse, was stuck up to its neck in mud formed by a thawing holding pond on the property. Chief... more »

Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday. A manager at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in Liaoning province, however, said the animals had died of disease.... more »